The Society for the History of Discoveries is putting out its annual call for exemplary student research.
Who is Eligible: Students from any part of the globe currently enrolled in a college or university degree program and who will not have received a doctoral degree prior to June 1 of the submission year. June 1 is also the submission deadline for the prize.
The Research Paper: An eligible research paper shall be original and unpublished, written in English, between 3,000 and 8,000 words, plus footnotes or endnotes. Papers written for college or university class assignments are encouraged, but students may write specifically for this prize. A reasonable amount of illustrative and tabular material will be welcome, but is not required.
Areas of eligible research include: voyages of exploration, travel narratives, biography relevant to the history of discoveries and exploration, history of geographic discoveries, cartography, the technologies of travel, impact of travel and cultural exchange, and other aspects of geographic discovery and exploration.
The awardee in the graduate student category will receive a prize of $500.00 (US) and the awardee in the undergraduate category will receive a prize of $250 (US). The Society will invite both winners to present a version of their paper at the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries. SHD will provide information about the conference to the awardee upon notification of the award, including details concerning costs and travel funding. Acceptance of the prize is not contingent upon your ability to attend the conference. Additionally, SHD will invite the awardees to submit their winning papers to the society’s peer reviewed journal, Terrae Incognitae, for which it will undergo the usual review process prior to formal acceptance for publication, of which there is no guarantee.
For more information on submission format and eligibility see the Society’s website.
Questions? Contact Dr. Mylynka Kilgore Cardona, Committee Chair, at mylynka.cardona@tamuc.edu
